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General overview

  • Area: 78.867 km²
  • Population: 10.652.812 (31.3.2019)
  • Capital: Praha (1.286.554 inhabitants)
  • Largest cities and number of inhabitants: Brno (379.871), Ostrava (331.825), Olomouc (231.445), České Budějovice (186.415), Plzeň (184.849), Liberec (170.057), Ústí nad Labem (120.762) (01.01.2011)
  • Official languages: Czech. Slovak holds an equal position on the whole territory of Czech Republic. In the small territory where the Polish minority stays (Eastern Silesia), Polish has an equal position too.
  • Historical Lands: Čechy (Bohemia), Morava (Moravia), Slezsko (Czech part of Silesia).
  • Contemporary Administrative Division - 14 regions (kraj): Capital Praha, Stredoceský, Jihoceský, Plzenský, Karlovarský, Ústecký, Liberecký, Královéhradecký, Pardubický, Vysocina, Jihomoravský, Olomoucký, Zlínský, Moravskoslezský.

For further information: Czech Statistical Office.

D 2 September 2019   

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